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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down17·edit-26 days agoBut then, why the segregation, also in the north and in the army? How could it turn out that free workers were cheaper than slaves? Farmers who needed labor for a few days, weeks, or months found the use of hired labor decidedly cheaper and more efficient economically https://www.jstor.org/stable/213510 The war was against slavery, only to transform it into other, more efficient, means of control.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoDude we never said they weren’t racist. Like pretty much everyone has some kind of bigotry we’ve picked up over the years we have to unlearn. Just that they didn’t want slavery to expand beyond the south.
minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoCorrect. Still bad and fuck anyone who defends it.
But then, why the segregation, also in the north and in the army?
How could it turn out that free workers were cheaper than slaves?
https://www.jstor.org/stable/213510
The war was against slavery, only to transform it into other, more efficient, means of control.
Dude we never said they weren’t racist. Like pretty much everyone has some kind of bigotry we’ve picked up over the years we have to unlearn. Just that they didn’t want slavery to expand beyond the south.
Correct. Still bad and fuck anyone who defends it.